touch panel module

[meg57]

I have a host application (.exe) running on a desktop that interfaces with my cRIO via Network Variables.  I want to move this host application to a touch panel, either one of NI's panels or a third party.  Why would I need to purchase the Touch Panel Module to support my host application on a touch panel running XPe?  Can't I build a distributable executable to deploy to the touch panel?

[Christian Mergl]

Hi,

What kind of Touchpanel are you using?

Christian

[royalcow]

Hey Meg57,

I am pretty sure the short answer is yes you can deploy a regular built EXE on an XPe device just like a regular desktop. There is the possibility that whatever flavor of XPe that you are using does not include a component you need, but that is usually not the case. Of course you would need to have the RTE installed.

The Touch Panel Module would allow you to add that target to the project and then deploy directly from there similar to RT deployment. If you didn't have it you would need to transfer it over using a flash drive or something. If you already have the EXE set up you probably did this already but make sure you have a way to deploy the variables and you shouldn't have too many problems.

Hope this helps,

[Christian Mergl]

Hey,

I don't completely agree with royalcow. Please have a look at the article Running LabVIEW on Windows XP Embedded.

The article says:

NOTE: Using LabVIEW with Windows XP Embedded is unsupported. The exceptions are, Windows XP Embedded is supported for use with the LabVIEW Touch Panel Module.

royalcow is right that when using a NI Touchpanel you will need the LabVIEW TouchPanel Modul to have the appropriate target in your lvproj.

Because of that I was asking what kind of Touchpanel you are using.

LabVIEW is not supported for Windows XP Embedded, this is a fact.

Thanks,

Christian

[royalcow]

Thanks for pointing that out Christian. That is a very good point.